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  • Embarras River watershed digital floodplain mapping, Champaign County, Illinois

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  • The project objective was to assimilate the best available data to prepare digital maps of critical riparian corridors and areas at risk of flooding for the upper Embarras River, East Branch Embarras River, and Black Slough in Champaign County. Hydrologic, hydraulic, and digital data defining streams and floodplains were reconciled with digital orthophotos of the Embarras watershed. Using orthophotos as base maps, digital data sets were prepared of streams and rivers and floodplain boundaries expected for a flood having a one percent chance of occurrence in any given year. These maps were developed to provide easy-to-interpret information that identifies areas at risk during flood events. The maps were developed using ESRI ArcGIS 8.1 software and are on the attached CD-ROM in ready-to-print PDF format. The CD-ROM format is compatible with Microsoft Windows Operating System Version 95 or later. The CD-ROM contains the HEC-RAS hydraulic model used to simulate flood elevations, digital coverages used to compose the maps, digital photos of bridge crossings and landscapes of the watershed, and this report. Graphs of channel thalweg and water surface profiles showing the depth of flooding for the biennial flood event (2-year flood) and the one-percent annual chance of occurrence flood (100-year flood) provide additional information.

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Language(s): EN-English

Volume or Year: 2002
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Date Created: 9 7 2005
Date Last Modified: 9 7 2005

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1. Embarras River watershed digital floodplain mapping, Champaign County, Illinois (20061002185335_ISWSCR2002-05.pdf).
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